🎱 Wuhan Open Snooker Preview, Statistics and Analysis

Wuhan Open: Previous Winners

The inaugural Wuhan Open took place in 2023 and players from China have three of the four finals that have taken place so far:

Wuhan Open 2026: Introduction

The fourth renewal of the Wuhan Open takes place in Hubei Province in Central China from the 23rd to the 29th of August.

A pot of £825,000 is up for grabs and with the majority of the top thirty-two players likely to be in attendance we are likely to see another top-class event following on from this season's Shanghai Masters won by Judd Trump and the rejuvenated China Open, which was dominated by Mark Selby.

Viewers in the UK and Ireland can watch the action on HBO Max and TNT Sports.

Xiao Guodong became only the fourth player is snooker history to defend his maiden title last year when just outstaying Gary Wilson 10-9 in last year's final but he perhaps had a fair share of luck as, due to the vagaries of the draw, he only defeated one player from the top sixteen (Mark Williams). 

Xiao had a much tougher time of it the year before when he saw off the likes of Kyren WIlson, Barry Hawkins and Shaun Murphy to lift the trophy.

The only other player to win the Wuhan Open is Judd Trump who defeated Ali Carter 10-7 in the final three years ago.

Who are the players who tend to produce their best performances in China? Our Form in China blog illustrates the players to focus on.

Wuhan Open 2026: Prize Fund

There is £825,000 in prize money on offer for the 2026 Wuhan Open which is an increase of £125,000 from last year. The breakdown is as follows:

• Winner: £175,000
• Runner-up: £75,000
• Semi-final: £33,000
• Quarter-final: £22,000
• Last sixteen: £12,000
• Last thirty-two: £8,000
• Last sixty-four: £4,500
• Last ninety-six: £1,500
• Highest break: £5000 

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Recent Event Winners

Below is a table of all the major tournament winners and runners-up for the last twelve months. 

We saw fourteen different winners of the last twenty-one main tournaments on the World Snooker Tour:

The table above does not include minor events such as the Championship League and the Shootout.

There were four multiple event winners in the last twelve months. Detailed as follows:

• Xhao Zintong (4 events)
• Mark Selby (3 events)
• Wu Yize (2 events)
• Judd Trump (2 events)

The seedings are a useful guide when considering a bet on any of the major snooker events. In the table above you can see that eighteen of the twenty tournaments were won by players ranked in the top twenty.

Perhaps the only real big shock of the season was the win of the forty-first ranked Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the World Open, who was winning only his second ranking event in a career that stretches back to 2009. Un-Nooh's only other ranking event victory came in the 2019 Shootout so it could be argued the World Open was his first meaningful tournament win.

Some other lowly ranked players made it to finals, such as Anthony McGill (58) in the British Open and Chang Bingyu (68) in the Scottish Open. The last named looks a player to follow  and could go one place better in an event this season.

If you have your eye on an outsider winning a big event this year one of the Home Nations tournaments are probably the most likely to provide a shock.

Wuhan Open 2025: Draw and Results

Xiao Guodong became one of the few players to retain a ranking event title when defeating Gary Wilson 10-9 in a closely fought final for the Wuhan Open.

Guodong had been 8-6 down and seemed to be struggling but won four of the last five frames to pick up this title once again. Guodong moves up six places in the world rankings to number eight as a result of this big win.

Despite an agonising defeat in the final frame, this was a welcome return to form for three-time ranking event winner Gary Wilson who had only managed one visit to a quarter-final since April 2024 prior to making the final in Wuhan. Wilson moves up two places in the world rankings to sixteen.

The qualifying rounds for the Wuhan Open were played in Leicester in June.

The 2025 version of the Wuhan Open is being held two months earlier than last season's which was held in October.

The following high-ranking players did not make it to the competition proper in China (ranking in brackets). Some qualifying games were held over to the main venue:

• Chris Wakelin (16)
• Wu Yize (20)
• Stuart Bingham (22)
• Luca Brecel (39) - Brecel failed to show for his qualifying match.

• Ronnie O'Sullivan  has withdrawn for medical reasons
• Neil Robertson has withdrawn - Robertson had already played in the qualifiers so no replacement can be added to the event
• Ryan Day has withdrawn - Day had already played in the qualifiers so no replacement can be added to the event

Final - Best of nineteen frames. Player rankings in brackets:

• Xiao Guodong (1) v Gary Wilson (18) 10-9

• Gary Wilson has played in five ranking finals, winning the last three he has played in.
• Xiao Guodong has played in three ranking finals, winning one (this event last year).

Semi-FInals - Best of eleven frames. Player rankings in brackets:

• Xiao Guodong (1) v Mark Williams (5) 6-3
• Gary Wilson (18) v Mark Allen (12) 6-2

Quarter Finals - Best of nine frames. Player rankings in brackets:

• Xiao Guodong (1) v Stan Moody (62) 5-2
• Mark Williams (5) v Zhang Anda (13) 5-1
• Gary Wilson (18) v John Higgins (6) 5-3
• Mark Allen (12) v Si Jiahui (15) 5-4

Round Four - Best of nine frames. Player rankings in brackets:

Judd Trump crashes out after losing in a final frame decider to Gary WIlson

Stan Moody's amazing run continues with a 5-0 demolition of Barry Hawkins

• Xiao Guodong (1) v Matt Selt (34) 5-2
• Barry Hawkins (11) v Stan Moody (62) 0-5
• Mark Williams (5) v Mark Selby (9) 5-3
• Zhang Anda (13) v Aaron Hill (50) 5-4
• Judd Trump (3) v Gary Wilson (18) 4-5
• Tom Ford (19) v John Higgins (6) 1-5
• Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (46) v Mark Allen (12) 1-5
• Si Jiahui (15) v Stephen Maguire (27) 5-2

Round Three - Best of nine frames. Player rankings in brackets:

The defeat of World Champion Zhao Xintong by Stephen Maguire on the final black was the big story of Round Three.

• Xiao Guodong (1) v David Grace (95) 5-3
• Marco Fu (92) v Matt Selt (34) 1-5
• Jak Jones (21) v Barry Hawkins (11) 3-5
• Zhou Yuelong(32) v Stan Moody (62) 1-5
• Mark Williams (5) v Joe O'Connor (28) 5-1
• Mark Selby (9) v David Gilbert (23) 5-2
• Chang Bingyu (115) v Zhang Anda (13) 0-5
• Lei Peifan (31) v Aaron Hill (50) 4-5
• Judd Trump (3) v Jack Lisowski (25) 5-3
• Shaun Murphy (14) v Gary Wilson (18) 3-5
• Tom Ford (19) v Reanne Evans (99) 5-1
• Yuan Sijun (30) v John Higgins (6) 3-5
• Scott Donaldson (55) v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (46) 2-5
• Mark Allen (12) v Hossein Vafaei (24) 5-4
• Jackson Page (36) v Si Jiahui (15) 3-5
• Stephen Maguire (27) v Zhao Xintong (2) 5-4

Round Two - Best of nine frames. Player rankings in brackets:

Surprising defeats for Kyren Wilson and Ding Junhui in Round Two

• Xiao Guodong (1) v Ishpreet Sing Chadha (61) 5-2 (Xiao Guodong made a 147 in his qualfiying match against Mink Nutcharut)
• Elliot Slessor (29) v David Grace (95) 4-5
• Marco Fu (92) v Jimmy White (93) 5-2
• Louis Heathcote (103) v Matt Selt (34) 2-5
• Xu Si (41) v Jak Jones (21) 3-5
• Jamie Jones (51) v Barry Hawkins (11) 4-5
• Noppon Saengkham (33) v Zhou Yuelong (32) 1-5
• Stan Moody (62) v Ding Junhui (8)
• Mark Williams (5) v Liam Davies (74) 5-3
• Joe O'Connor (28) v Ben Woollaston (42) 5-4
• Mark Selby (9) v Michael Holt (64) 5-2
• David Gilbert (23) v Haris Tahir (80) 5-0
• Chang Bingyu (115) v Liam Highfield (94) 5-3
• Zhao Hanyang (113) v Zhang Anda (13) 3-5
• Jimmy Robertson (35) v Lei Peifan (31) 3-5
• Aaron Hill (50) v Kyren Wilson (4) 5-2
• Judd Trump (3) v Liu Hongyu (56) 5-1
• Jack Lisowski (25) w/o Ryan Day - Day has withdrawn from the event
• Shaun Murphy (14) v Jordan Brown (53) 5-0
• Gary Wilson (18) v Lyu Haotian (38) 5-0
• Haydon Pinhey (79) v Tom Ford (19) 2-5
• Reanne Evans (99) w/o Neil Robertson - Robertson has withdrawn from the event
• Artemis Zizins (76) v Yuan Sijun (30) 2-5
• Dylan Emery (106) v John Higgins (6) 2-5
• Allan Taylor (72) v Scott Donaldson (55) 2-5
• Pang Junxu (26) v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (46) 1-5 (Un-Nooh made a 147 in this match)
• Mark Allen (12) v Zak Surety (63) 5-1
• Hossein Vafaei (24) v Ben Mertens (70) 5-1
• Jackson Page (36) v Ali Carter (17) 5-3
• Wang Yuchen (71) v Si Jiahui (15) 0-5
• Wang Xinbo v Stephen Maguire (27) 3-5
• Matthew Stevens (52) v Zhao Xintong (2) 3-5

Wuhan Open Final 2024

Final Review

Xiao Guodong 10 Si Jiahui 7

Xiao Guodong finally fulfilled his dream of winning a World Snooker ranking event after seventeen years as a professional. The Final was a high scoring affair with five centuries recorded (2 from Xiao and 3 from Si Jiahui) but things got very nervy for the new champion when he reached 9-4 and only needed one frame for victory. Si Jiahui managed to peg the score back to 9-7 and the crows were beginning to wonder if Xiao would manage to get over the line. The thirty-five-year-old from Chonqing eventually took the title in the seventeenth frame 78 points to 16. Despite the long wait for his first title, Xiao still suggested he has hopes of one day becoming World Champion and if he can maintain this sort of form he would surely be a serious contender.

Final Preview

Si Jiahui and Xiao Guodong will play over two sessions and seventeen frames for the Wuhan Open title and a first-prize of 140,000:

Previous appearance in ranking event finals; Si Jiahui lost 10-5 in the final of the 2023 German Masters to Judd Trump and Xiao Guodong lost 10-6 in the final of the Shanghai Masters to Ding Junhui in 2013 and 1-0 to Anthony McGill in the final of the 2017 Shootout

Si Jiahui's route to the final:

• Semi-final: Judd Trump 6-2 (Si made his first maximum break in this match plus other century breaks of 144 and 108)
• Quarter-final: Zhang Anda 5-3
• Round 4: Duane Jones 5-2 (Si made breaks of 107, 114 and 100)
• Round 3: Martin O'Donnell 5-1
• Round 2: Daniel Wormersley 5-2
• Qualifying Round 1: Gong Chenzi 5-1

Xiao Guodong's route to the final:

• Semi-final: Long Zehuang 6-4 (Xiao made breaks of 130 and 112)
• Quarter-final: Shaun Murphy 5-1 (Xiao made consecutive century breaks of 139, 113 and 125)
• Round 4: Barry Hawkins 5-2
• Round 3: Kyren Wilson 5-4
• Round 2: Andrew Pagett 5-1 (Xiao made a break of 121)
• Qualifying Round 1: Haydon Pinhey 5-1

Head to head between the two finalists:

• 2023 Welsh Open Si Jiahui 4 Xiao Guodong 0
• 2022 European Masters Si Jiahui 5 Xiao Guodong 3

Wuhan Open 2024: Draws and results

Ronnie O'Sullivan, Mark Allen and David Gilbert all withdrew from the event.

Final - Best of nineteen frames:

Si Jiahui v Xiao Guodong 7-10

Semi-finals - Best of eleven frames

Judd Trump v Si Jiahui 2-6

Long Zehuang v Xiao Guodong 4-6

Quarter-finals - Best of nine frames

Judd Trump v Chris Wakelin 5-4

Si Jiahui v Zhang Anda 5-3

Jack Lisowski v Long Zehuang 1-5

Shaun Murphy v Xiao Guodong 1-5

Round Four - Best of nine frames

Judd Trump v John Higgins 5-2

Chris Wakelin v Ding Junhui 5-3

Mark Joyce v Zhang Anda 4-5 (match decided on a respotted black)

Si Jiahui v Duane Jones 5-2

Wu Yize v Jack Lisowski 0-5

Ben Woollaston v Long Zehuang 3-5

Shaun Murphy v Ali Carter 5-4

Barry Hawkins v Xiao Guodong 2-5

Round Three - Best of nine frames

Judd Trump v Anthony McGill 5-2

John Higgins v Zak Surety 5-3

Chris Wakelin v David Lilley 5-0

Yuan Sijun v Ding Junhui 2-5

Mark Joyce v Robbie Williams 5-0

Zhang Anda v Hossein Vafaei 5-3

Si Jiahui v Martin O'Donnell 5-1

Duane Jones v Pang Junxu 5-4

Wu Yize v Jamie Clarke 5-4

Jack Lisowski v Jak Jones 5-1

Ben Woollaston v Elliot Slessor 5-3

Long Zehuang v Jackson Page 5-0

Shaun Murphy v Noppon Seangkham 5-3

Ali Carter v Marco Fu 5-3

Barry Hawkins v Stan Moody 5-3

Xiao Guodong v Kyren Wilson 5-4

Round Two - Best of nine frames:

Judd Trump v He Guoqiang 5-2

Anthony McGill v Mostafa Dorgham 5-4

John Higgins v Fan Zhengyi 5-4

Robert Milkins v Zak Surety 4-5

Haris Tahir v Chris Wakelin 1-5

David Lilley v Allan Taylor 5-4

Yuan Sijun v Xing Zihao 5-2

Xu Si v Ding Junhui 0-5

Mark Joyce v Sanderson Lam 5-2

Hammad Miah v Robbie Williams 2-5

Zhang Anda v Graeme Dott 5-3

Hossein Vafaei v Jordan Brown 5-3

Daniel Womersley v Si Jiahui 2-5

Martin O'Donnell v Sunny Akani 5-2

Matt Selt v Pang Junxu 0-5

Ishprett Singh Chadha v Duane Jones 3-5

Jamie Clarke w/o Mark Allen

Cheung Ka Wai v Wu Yize 0-5

Jak Jones v Tian Pengfei 5-3

Jack Lisowski v Iulian Boiko 5-1

Eliot Slessor v Wang Xinbo 5-2

Ben Woollaston v Gary Wilson 5-1

Jackson Page v Neil Robertson 5-1

Dylan Emery v Long Zehuang 2-5

Shaun Murphy v Anthony Hamilton 5-3

Noppon Saengkham v Jimmy White 5-1

Ali Carter v Mark Davis 5-4

Marco Fu v Louis Heathcote 5-1

Stan Moody v Ryan Day 5-4

Jimmy Robertson v Barry Hawkins 3-5

Xiao Guodong v Andrew Pagett 5-1

Aaron Hill v Kyren Wilson 0-5

Eight qualifying matches for the Wuhan Open were held over to be played at the main venue:

Best of nine frames:

Judd Trump v Antoni Kowalski 5-1

Yuan Sijun v Cai Wei 5-0

Zhang Anda v Dean Young 5-1

Jordan Brown v Zhou Jinhao 5-3

Martin O'Donnell v Huang Hao 5-0

Mark Joyce v Mitchell Mann 5-2

Ding Junhui v Robbie McGuigan 5-2

Kyren Wilson v Liam Davies 5-1

Wuhan Open 2023: Results

Judd Trump beat Ali Carter 10-7 in the final of the first Wuhan Open and in doing so won his twenty-fifth ranking event and his second consecutive tournament win after taking the English Open the week before.

Qualifying and results

The qualifying rounds for the Wuhan Open took place between the 1st and 5th September at the Morningside Arena in Leicester.

The following players from the top thirty-two seeds failed to make it through qualifying:

• Shaun Murphy
• Kyren Wilson
• Hossein Vafaei
• Gary Wilson
• Ricky Walden
• Joe Perry
• Jimmy Robertson
• Fan Zhengyi

The following players withdrew from the Wuhan Open due to the lack of turnround time from the English Open:

• Luca Brecel
• Mark Williams
• Graeme Dott
• David Gilbert

Gilbert was replaced in the draw by Daniel Womersley. The other three players were not replaced resulting in walkovers for Xing Zihao, Zhang Anda and Noppon Saengkham.

Final - Best of 19 frames

Judd Trump 10 Ali Carter 7

Semi Finals - Best of 11 frames

Judd Trump 6 Wu Yize 1

Ali Carter 6 Lyu Haotian 2

Quarter Finals - Best of 9 frames

Wu Yize 5 Aaron Hill 4

Tom Ford 0 Judd Trump 5

Mark Allen 2 Ali Carter 5

Ronnie O'Sullivan 1 Lyu Haotian 5

Round 4 - Best of nine frames

Wu Yize 5 Stephen Maguire 4

Aaron Hill 5 He Guoqiang 3

Tom Ford 5 Xiao Guodong 4

Judd Trump 5 Barry Hawkins 2

Mark Allen 5 Jack Lisowski 2

Ali Carter 5 v Liam Highfield 1

Lyu Haotian 5 Zhang Anda 2

Yuan Sijun 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 5

Round 3 - Best of nine frames

Stephen Maguire 5 Xing Zhao 1

Wu Yize 5 Ryan Day 2

Aaron Hill 5 Martin O'Donnell 1

He Guoqiang 5 Gong Chenzi 4

Xiao Guodong 5 Xu Si 0

Tom Ford 5 Robert Milkins 2

Barry Hawkins 5 Jamie Jones 1

Judd Trump 5 Matt Selt 0

Mark Allen 5 Si Jiahui 4

Jack Lisowski 5 Sam Craigie 4

Ali Carter 5 Stuart Bingham 4

Liam Highfield 5 Zhou Yuelong 3

Lyu Haotian 5 Ben Mertens 1

Zhang Anda 5 Noppon Saengkham 1

Yuan Sijun 5 Ashley Carty 2

Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 Pang Junxu 4

Round Two - Best of nine frames

Xing Zihao 5 Michael White 4

Stephen Maguire 5 Joe O'Connor 2

Ryan Day 5 Jackson Page 4

Marco Fu 3 Wu Yize 5

Ben Woolaston 1 Aaron Hill 5

Martin O'Donnell 5 John Higgins 1

Jordan Brown 3 Gong Chenzi 5

Elliot Slessor 2 He Guoqiang 5

Mark Selby 4 Xu Si 5

Rod Lawler 2 Xiao Guodong 5

Robert Milkins 5 Hammad Miah 4

Tom Ford 5 Cao Yupeng 1

Jamie Jones 5 Ian Burns 4

Sanderson Lam 2 Barry Hawkins 5

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 2 Matt Selt 5

Oliver Lines 2 Judd Trump 5

Mark Allen 5 Mark Joyce 4

Jak Jones 4 Si Jiahui 5

Jack Lisowski 5 Scott Donaldson 3

Ishpreet Sing Chadha 2 Sam Craigie 5

Daniel Wells 1 Stuart Bingham 5

Jamie Clarke 1 Ali Carter 5

Anthony Hamilton 0 Zhou Yuelong 5

Neil Robertson 3 Liam Highfield 5

Ben Mertens 5 Dominic Dale 1

Chris Wakelin 2 Lyu Haotian 5

Zhang Anda w/o Mark Williams

Nopporn Saengkham w/o Graeme Dott

Ashley Carty 5 Alfie Burden 3

Yuan Sijun 5 Ashley Hugill 2

Pang Junxu 5 Stuart Carrington 3

Mark Davis 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan 5

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